Visiting 52 new pubs
37/52
The Huntsman - Blaydon
-2 roomed Utilitarian flat roofed pub up a massive bloody hill
-Has the same carpet as the long gone Venue in Belfast
-They ran out of draft beer
-Treacherous steps to the carpark are like something a Balrog would chase you down
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Visiting 52 new pubs
36/52
The Black Bull - Blaydon
- Two room traditional pub
- Huge selection of sandwiches in the main bar (I dunno what was going on)
- Nice suntrap beer garden over looking the Tyne
- 3 decent ales on
- Reminded me of The Old Fox in Felling.
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#Blaydon Morbid piece from the Northern Echo of 1st October 1880 concerning the discovery of a skeleton in Stargate Pit, Stella on this day 29th September 1880. The remains of a worker known as Rodham perished in an underground flood in 1823, found 57 years later.